Ex Parte Tamura - Page 1



           The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written 
                  for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.          
                                                            Paper No. 18              
                  UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                           
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                      BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                              
                                AND INTERFERENCES                                     
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                               Ex parte KOICHI TAMURA                                 
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                                Appeal No. 2004-0612                                  
                             Application No. 09/531,660                               
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                                      ON BRIEF                                        
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          Before PAK, OWENS and WALTZ, Administrative Patent Judges.                  
          OWENS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                         
                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
               This appeal is from the final rejection of claims 1-9.                 
          Claim 10, which is the only other claim in the application,                 
          stands allowable.                                                           
                                    THE INVENTION                                     
               The appellant claims an X-ray analysis apparatus.  Claims 1            
          and 5 are illustrative:                                                     
               1.   A fluorescent X-ray analysis apparatus comprising:                
                    an X-ray source for generating a primary X-ray;                   


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